‘Resist that Wolf of Tyranny’: Beschloss Reflects on Jefferson’s Historical Caution

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BESCHLOSS: "He said I know enough about human nature to know that there are a lot more kings and dictatorships in world history than there are governments like the one we are trying to construct, and he said one day, and it may not be too distant, he said, Americans will be tempted by someone who wants to become a dictator and says I alone can do it all. I can relieve your problems, I am much more efficient than a government with the presidency, and the Congress, and the Supreme Court, and he said, resist that wolf of tyranny."